Racing Season’s Last Hurrah

By Laura Clark

With the holiday countdown already begun and store shelves displaying candy canes, slippers and pjs, you can expect the last few months of racing season to gradually adopt a more casual, family-oriented approach. Once the turkeys claim the roads, most folks are ready for some holiday flair. November starts out fairly seriously and then turns into one big party, with participation and fun being the main goal. No wonder Thanksgiving Day is the most popular day to run a race – it is difficult to feel intimidated by a turkey in full feather mode. READ MORE

Nun-da-ga-o Ridge – An Outstanding Fall Hike

By Bill Ingersoll

Maps of the Hurricane Mountain Wilderness tell an unfortunate story: that these mountains were once not viewed in terms of their wildness, but in terms of the resources that people hoped might be extracted from them. Thus we have inherited today a region full of features named Potash Mountain, Soda Range, Coal Dirt Hill, Spruce Mill Brook, Big Slash Mountain, and Limekiln Mountain. These were not places for adventure or romantic contemplation of the sublime, but places where commodities were to be exploited. This historical ambivalence perhaps explains the current scenario, in which only a patch of wilderness remains preserved – almost all of it in the highest reaches of the range. READ MORE

The 157er – Swimming the Islands of Lake George

By Lauren Meilhede

This past summer I finished a brand new (completely made up) swim challenge. Instead of enduring the great feat of swimming the length of Lake George, I swam around all the named (and many unnamed) islands in the lake. READ MORE

Longevity Micros – The Ones We Need to Talk About

By Emily Horstman

You’ve got your macros dialed in. Protein? Check. Carb-loading before the big race? Nailed it. Fat’s back on the menu and you’ve made peace with it. But here’s the plot twist: while the wellness world has been obsessing over the big three macros, you might be completely ignoring the micronutrients doing the heavy lifting. While we’ve all been consumed by macromania, those sneaky little vitamins, minerals, and compounds have been quietly running the show. The gap between aging well and just getting by isn’t hiding in your basic multivitamin. Time to level up and feed your body what it’s actually craving to feel your best. READ MORE